The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
REST, PERfURBED SPIRIT.
The Senate Says You Didn't
Do 1t.
IT'S SOLEMN ACTION UPON OUR TAlLA-
HASSEE CORRESPONDENCE.
One Ballot Taken for Senator With no conspicu
Gus Departure from those of
Previous Days.

Special t0 the PIIdtkd NetCS.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, April 23.-The
Senate of this great, free and untram-
meled commonwealth of Florida Occu-
pied the principal time of its session to-
day in vindicating one of its members
from the suspicion of partisanship cast
upon the spOtless mantle of his integrity
by one of those Damned Literary fell
lows" In the correspondence of THE
PALATKA NEWS Thursday morning ap-
peared a slight allusiOn to the action of
Senator Bryan in the matter of the re-
port on the missing section. from which
it was thought necessary to ''vindicate
him. Accordingly, when Consideration
of Resolutions" was reached. the follow
ing resolution was read:
''WHEREAS, there appears a cOmmuni-
cation in THE PALATKA DAILY News of
the 22d inst, which does great injustice
to a member of this body, and in which
the facts are not given as they occurred.
and in order to do full justice to Senator
Bryan: Therefore be il
Resolved, That this Senate does not
approve of such communication or en-
dorse it, or ON the cOntary diSap-
prove of the course taken by the Senator
and think the reasons stated by him To
be Just and fair.
The following clipping from THE PA
LATKA NEWS of the date mentioned was
then read and spread upon the Journal
of the Senate:
AN attempt was made in the Senate
hxv S1ann al..aF. Of tlaaa
committee to discredit the report and
move to strike out all that portion
exOnOrating Messrs. DOrr & Bowen
but without giving definite reasons.
Bryan is the champion of the Bloxham
faction in the caucus and MeSSrs. DOrr x
Bowen are well known not to have fav-
ored BlOxhams candidacy. Whether
this is accidental or whether there is a
disposition to punish these gentlemen
for contumacy is perhaps difficult to
determine.
The report was recOmmitted, after
some debate i'm accordance with mo
tion originally made by Senator Chandler
and promptly voted down, but immedi-
ately reconsidered under a suspension
of the rules. renewed and passed unan-
imously.
SATURDAY RECREATION.
The resolution was discussed by nearly
every Senator present and while large
majority of the speeches was not strong
ly condemnatory of the correspondent
action there seemed to be a pretty gen
eral fear of the newspaper gang and de
sire to early fix line of demarcation.
The resolution was finally brought to- a
nv MeE hn #
course, moved to adopt and the yeas and
nays being called for the vote We're:
YEAS -Messrs- Blackwell, Chaires, Coulter,
Frazer, Gaskins, johnson, Jones, Judge, Kelley,
Lee, Mallory, Martin, Miller. Moreno, Nc Kinne,
McMurray. Neel, Orman, Stockton, ToIbert'
Walker, Whidden, Wall, Williams
Nays-Messrs- Burnam, Chandler, Cole, DE
lanO and Fowler.
Senators Mann and Bryan asked to be
and We're excused from voting, Senator
Stevens was absent. 1t appears To he
the impression that the Senator was not
quite consistent in bringing action 50
promptly against the NEWS to-day. in
view of his motion to strike out all CEN
sure of the Times Union in the Missing
Section" report, Thursday, in order to
avoid newspaper controversies as be
meath the dignity of the Senate.
LEGISLATIVE.
A number of bills were introduced, to-
day, in the Senate, the most important
being that of Senator Mann establishing
the Department of Agriculture and de
| filming the duties of the Commissioner
thereof: by Senator Kelly to reOrganize
| the city government of Fernandina; by
Senator Delano to incorporate the De
Land University.
| The Committee on Education reported
adversely to the petition to locate the
State Normal School at Gainesville.
On motion of Senator Mallory, Senate
Bill No. ), an act to incorporate the
Palatka Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany. was made the special order for II
O'Clock Monday.
THE DAILY BALLOT.
The usual proceedings went through in
| joint sesson, to-day. Mr.. Kinds moved
To take five ballots instead of one. This
was voted down. The ballot was as fol-
ows:
FIFTY EIGHTH BALLOT.
BoNham- -
PascO -
The balance was scattering from Dan
| to Beersheba.
| THE HOUSE.
| Little of imDortaDce occurred in the